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Home Castle Ghosts Ghost Ships Battle field Ghosts Ghost Lights Ghost Hunting E.V.P Poltergiest Your Ghost Stories Paranormal Links Ghost Articles	Windsor Castle, London England The largest inhabited castle in the world. There has been a castle at this location for over 900 hundred years and is the present home of Elizabeth the II and previously the home of other royals. Many guests at the castle over the years have reported to have seen the apparition of Henry VII walking the great hallways moaning in an agonising tone. Several ladies from the royal families of history have also been reported to have been witnessed. Anne Boleyn has been seen standing in the Deans Cloister. Queen Elizabeth has also been reported seen in the Royal Library and walking from one room to another. The ghostly figure of King Charles 1 has been seen many times in the library and the Canons house. Witnesses describe his appearance exactly like his portraits. The face of King George III has been seen looking out from the window located below the Royal Library where he was confined during his period of illness. The spirit of the first Duke of Buckingham, Sir George Villiers haunts one of the bedrooms of the castle. Charleville Castle , Ireland The castle was built in 1798 and according to local legend was built over and ancient druid burial ground. Folklore states that the man who built the castle was a practitioner of devil worship. Ghostly tales that have arisen from the history of the castle is that a clock can be heard to chime in place that no clock exists. The sounds of a crying child have been heard and unexplained voices are heard in the dark of the night but nothing is to be seen. It is said that a young girl who fell to her death from the stairwell is still haunting the stairwell. A dark menacing presence is said to haunt the dark and damp dungeons. Some believe it is where the original owner still walks and practices his dark and foreboding arts. Powis Castle's Ghosts, Wales The ghostly figure of an unidentified man has been seen on several occasions in one of the rooms on the ground floor. There is also the reports of a man seen riding a phantom horse within the grounds and a women dressed in white flowing gowns appears in one of the bedrooms. The most famous story from this castle is the ghost of a gentleman that was seen more than once by a seamstress staying in one of the rooms. The seamstress, an elderly woman, was invited to stay on at the castle while working on several repair jobs. On one particular night, as she prepared for bed she read, as she was accustomed, a few verses from her Bible. Suddenly she became aware of a gentleman walking into the room and across to a window and gazing out into the darkness. After a short while he turned and left the room and slowly shut the door behind him. The seamstress a little afraid and worried suddenly realised that the gentleman she had just seen had made no sound. Now more scared and clasping the good book she knelt down by her bed and began to pray. Once more the door to the bedroom opened and the gentleman reappeared close behind her before he turned towards the door and left once more. The elderly seamstress scared and alone tried to sleep during the night but her peace was interrupted for a third time by the gentleman. This time she plucked up the courage to ask him what he wanted from her. The ghostly figure gestured for her to follow him and hesitantly she did so. She followed him along the passage way to a small room and he told her to lift the floor boards were she would find a box that she was to send to the Earl of Powys in London. The box was sent and received by the Earl who was delighted at its contents. So much so that he offered the seamstress a place to stay at the castle for the rest of her life as his guest.As to the ghostly figure of the gentleman, he was never seen again.

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Windsor Castle, London England

The largest inhabited castle in the world. There has been a castle at this location for over 900 hundred years and is the present home of Elizabeth the II and previously the home of other royals. Many guests at the castle over the years have reported to have seen the apparition of Henry VII walking the great hallways moaning in an agonising tone. Several ladies from the royal families of history have also been reported to have been witnessed. Anne Boleyn has been seen standing in the Deans Cloister. Queen Elizabeth has also been reported seen in the Royal Library and walking from one room to another.

The ghostly figure of King Charles 1 has been seen many times in the library and the Canons house. Witnesses describe his appearance exactly like his portraits. The face of King George III has been seen looking out from the window located below the Royal Library where he was confined during his period of illness. The spirit of the first Duke of Buckingham, Sir George Villiers haunts one of the bedrooms of the castle.

Charleville Castle , Ireland

The castle was built in 1798 and according to local legend was built over and ancient druid burial ground. Folklore states that the man who built the castle was a practitioner of devil worship. Ghostly tales that have arisen from the history of the castle is that a clock can be heard to chime in place that no clock exists. The sounds of a crying child have been heard and unexplained voices are heard in the dark of the night but nothing is to be seen. It is said that a young girl who fell to her death from the stairwell is still haunting the stairwell. A dark menacing presence is said to haunt the dark and damp dungeons. Some believe it is where the original owner still walks and practices his dark and foreboding arts.

Powis Castle's Ghosts, Wales

The ghostly figure of an unidentified man has been seen on several occasions in one of the rooms on the ground floor. There is also the reports of a man seen riding a phantom horse within the grounds and a women dressed in white flowing gowns appears in one of the bedrooms.

The most famous story from this castle is the ghost of a gentleman that was seen more than once by a seamstress staying in one of the rooms. The seamstress, an elderly woman, was invited to stay on at the castle while working on several repair jobs. On one particular night, as she prepared for bed she read, as she was accustomed, a few verses from her Bible. Suddenly she became aware of a gentleman walking into the room and across to a window and gazing out into the darkness. After a short while he turned and left the room and slowly shut the door behind him. The seamstress a little afraid and worried suddenly realised that the gentleman she had just seen had made no sound. Now more scared and clasping the good book she knelt down by her bed and began to pray. Once more the door to the bedroom opened and the gentleman reappeared close behind her before he turned towards the door and left once more. The elderly seamstress scared and alone tried to sleep during the night but her peace was interrupted for a third time by the gentleman. This time she plucked up the courage to ask him what he wanted from her. The ghostly figure gestured for her to follow him and hesitantly she did so. She followed him along the passage way to a small room and he told her to lift the floor boards were she would find a box that she was to send to the Earl of Powys in London.

The box was sent and received by the Earl who was delighted at its contents. So much so that he offered the seamstress a place to stay at the castle for the rest of her life as his guest.As to the ghostly figure of the gentleman, he was never seen again.